rupert_murdaaa

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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
Well right, especially since it looks like there's, what, 2^4 possibilities here? 1 person in this thread getting a correct guess seems about right.
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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
>No, you never give out a number. It's like asking the person sitting across from you to show you their cards before placing a bet. The thing I've never understood about this approach is the reason it's suggested not to gi
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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
I think most people who don't believe in climate change don't believe in it because of the amount of money and political power that is devoted to discrediting it. Let's be honest here, most people on _either_ side of the fenc
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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
My 3 year old, who is otherwise enthusiastic about reading (or being _read to_) dislikes Dr Seuess books more than anything we've read to her thus far, which was surprising to me since kids are supposed to universally adore them. It ma
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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
I'm so used to using and reading the "AS" syntax for aliasing that if I came across this it'd throw me off. It seems to me that sticking everything in CTEs would be equally as jarring. Writing SQL or reading and understa
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by rupert_murdaaa 11y ago
Yep, I'm in the same boat. I've left two jobs over the past 3 years and have gotten a +25% "raise" both times, as well as a jump in job titles. After seeing how difficult it is at any company with an HR department to app
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
> You've just negatively screened against people with a life That kind of works both ways, though, doesn't it? As a 30 year old developer with a family, I don't want to waste time interviewing somewhere that has the expect
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
>A scamsultant set up the software to (believe it or not!) funnel every 5th customer credit into his own bank account. It took the auditors 2 years to unravel this. He was promptly fired, but never prosecuted (embarassment, I presume). N
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
>If a candidate has been through six jobs in the past 10 years, that’s not normal I don't really think that's a fair statement. 6 seems a little high for 10 years, but in my experience changing positions every 2 or so years is
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
Selecting folders to sync seems a lot easier than copying files into a folder whose only purpose is to sync, but I guess I don't have my finger on the pulse of the geriatric segment.
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
This is solely my opinion, but whenever I hear people call themselves "entrepreneur" I immediately think "C student in high school with few tangible skills but is sick of working as a cook at Denny's and thinks calling t
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by rupert_murdaaa 12y ago
this always gets me, and every time i ask i can't seem to find a direct answer why so many sites have this 20 character limit. bank of america does as well, with the additional restriction that you can't use the following characte
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by rupert_murdaaa 13y ago
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